A/HRC/30/36 26. By letter dated 2 September 2014, the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia sent a late response regarding the case of Mario Francisco Tadic Astorga (opinion No. 28/2014 (Plurinational State of Bolivia)). In its response, the Government denied all the allegations put forward by the source, including the allegations of torture, and that Mr. Astorga had not had access to legal counsel. 27. By letter dated 30 September 2014, the Government of Bahrain provided a late response regarding the case of Jassim al-Hulaibi (opinion No. 22/2014 (Bahrain)). 28. By note verbale dated 20 February 2015, the Government of Thailand submitted a late response regarding the case of Patiwat Saraiyaem (opinion No. 41/2014 (Thailand)). According to the Government, the arrest and detention of Mr. Saraiyaem was in full compliance with international norms, including relevant provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Mr. Saraiyaem had pleaded guilty on the lesemajesty charge on 29 December 2014. If found guilty, he could seek a royal pardon from the King, which had been granted in most lese-majesty cases. 29. Concerning opinion No. 50/2014 (United States of America and Cuba), the Government of Cuba pointed out, in a note verbale dated 16 March 2015, that it could not do anything to prevent the use by the Government of the United States of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Although Cuba has sovereignty over its entire national territory, the United States exercises jurisdiction over the territory of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base owing to its illegal occupation. The reply from the Government of Cuba regarding opinion No. 50/2014 is reproduced as received in the annex to the present report. 30. The Government of Cuba expressed deep concern over the legal limbo that supported ongoing violations by the Government of the United States of human rights of inmates in the detention centre illegally established at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, including torture and deaths in custody. 4. Release of subjects of the Working Group’s opinions 31. The Working Group received information from Governments and sources on the release of the following subjects of its opinions: • Gao Zhisheng (opinion No. 26/2010 (China)) was released on 7 August 2014. • Issam Mahamed Tahar al Barquaoui al Uteibi (opinions No. 60/2011 (Jordan) and No. 18/2007 (Jordan)) was released on 16 June 2014, after serving his five-year sentence. • Do Thi Minh Hanh (opinion No. 42/2012 (Viet Nam)), a labour activist, was released on 26 June 2014. • On 19 June 2014, magistrates in Istanbul ordered the release of 230 military officers sentenced for plotting to overthrow the Government in the “Sledgehammer” trial, following a Constitutional Court ruling on 18 June 2014 that their rights to a fair trial had been violated (opinion No. 6/2013 (Turkey)). • Zakaria Mohamed Ali was released on 17 March 2014 and expelled to Somalia (opinion No. 14/2014 (Saudi Arabia)). • Michael Thierry Atangana (opinion No. 38/2013 (Cameroon)) was pardoned under a presidential decree on 24 February 2014, a few days after the opinion of the Working Group had been made public. Mr. Atangana has regularly updated the Working Group on the enforcement of its three recommendations (release, accountability and reparation). 12